Laundry wringer



Patented Jan. 15, I v

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,988,320 J v I LAUNDRY WRINGER. Conrad Klein, Philadelphia, re. Application March 15, 1934, Serial No. 715,681

' 4 Claims. (01. 68-32) This invention relates to laundry wringers, and Wringers and is not per se new in the present case. has for an object to provide a wringer having an The tray is adapted tdbe moved from the decimproved feeding apron serving also as a proteclination shown in full lines at Figure 1 to the dection to the hands of the user. lination shown in dotted lines in the same figure,

A further object of the invention is to provide whereby the expressed water flows backwardly 5 a laundry wringer with-the usual and ordinary into the tub from which the work is being taken. coacting rollers with an endless apron passing Mounted upon the ends of this tray 13 are rollbetween said rollers and over other rollers, mainers 14. These rollers may be journaled in any taining said apron in a relatively taut condition, approved manner. As shown in the drawing,

and with means for tilting to difi'erent angles to brackets 15 are secured as by the rivet 16. This, 10

accommodate the apron to different positions. however, is merely an illustrative means of jour- A further object of the invention is to provide, naling, and any other approved or feasible type in combination with a laundry wringer having is within the scope of the invention. an underlying tray, movable between certain Rigidly secured beneath the frame 10 are a 15 limits to direct the expressed water backwardly pair of tubes 17 having slots 18 in their proxi- 15 into either one or two adjacent tubs; rollers at mate sides. Within eachtube 1'7 a spring 19 is the opposite ends of the tray over which passes mounted, bearing at its upper end against'a disk an endless apron passing also between the com-' 20 and at its lower end, against a disk 21. The pression rollers of the laundry wringer, and with disk 21 bears upon a trunnion 22 which carries 20 means for maintaining said endless apron in a a roller 23. The roller 23 is provided with heads 20 taut condition. 24 at its opposite ends, and the rollers 14 are also The invention, therefore, comprises in co'mbinapreferably provided with heads 25. tion with a laundry wringer having the usual and While the exact sizes and. proportions of the ordinary interacting compression rollers, of a heads 24 and 25 is not essential to the invention,

25 tray underlying said rollers and movable t0 decit is considered desirable that'the heads 24 shall 25 linations upon opposite sides of said wringer, the be large relative to the roller 23, and the heads provision of rollers at the opposite ends of said 25 extend but slightly beyond the circumference tray over which is extended an endless apron passof the rollers 14. 1 ing between the rollers of the wringer, and with a An endless apron 26 is provided, passing. b

30 tension roller beneath the wringer adapted to t een the rollers 11 of the wringer, over the 30 exert stress p n the ap n to m intain the tautrollers 14, over the ends of the tray 13, and under 1168s Of the 4 irrespective of ts e pa o the roller 23. The lineal dimensions of the apron contraction. i 26 are such that in position it will place the e drawing rates an embodiment of the springs 19 under tension, and the springs in asinvention and the views therein are as follow sociation with the roller 23 will, therefore, main- 35 .Figure 1 iS a V Of the p oved w e n tain the apron in taut condition.

S d elevation, This apron is preferably constructed of fabric Fi r 2 is a v w of the w nger in nd l v through which the water expressed by the rollers ti as indicated y arrow 2 at Figure 1, 11 may flow, but in addition thereto, the fabric Figure 3 is a P w Of the y and e s, is preferably perforated, as at 27, to oiier addi- 40 and tional escape for the expressed water.-

Figllle 4 is a detail Sectional V w Of the The number, relative size and arrangement of- Siening roller m un in perforations 27, relative to the apron 26, is wholly The present invention is adapted to coact with i teri l, and hown in the drawing merely a laundry wringer of widely varying types. In for ill t ti n, 45

the drawing, a frame 10 is illustrated merely as In operation, the tray 13-,wi1l be arranged relan p wi h rollers 11 jeurnaled therein in ative to the tubs in the usual well-known manner, the usual manner of wringer rollers. No atand the rotation of the rollers 11 will cause the tempt has been made Show y t i iI endless apron 26 to feed continuously between 50 means for the rollers 11, it being understood that these rollers. 50 any usual and ordinary means is within the scope The fabrics designed for wringing may be of the invention. placed upon the longer inclined side of the apron There is also provided beneath the rollers a 26, and will pass with such apron betweenthe bar 12 upon which rests a tray'13. Such tray is rollers 11. This provides a considerable degree found already in association with certain types of of safety to the operator, as otherwise, it is nezessary that the fingers approach closely to the rollers and are likely to be drawn between the rollers to considerable injury to the user. 7 Also, the apron has a utility in'that thefabric may be spread out to a considerable degree and will, therefore, pass between the rollers in a relatively unwrinkled condition. The opposite side of the apron also serves to deliver the fabrics into a receptacle, which may be conveniently placed for the purpose, and much more satisfactory than when delivered only over the tray. Of course, the laundry wringer herein disclosed may be modified and changed in various ways without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. The combination with a laundry wringer embodying compression rollers, of a bar beneath the rollers, a tray freely mounted upon the bar, and'mr-vable longitudinally and angularly to declined positions upon opposite sides of the rollers,

embodying compression rollers, of a bar beneath v the rollers, a tray freely mounted upon the bar and adapted to extend at interchangeable unequal distances upon opposite sides, rollers journaled upon the opposite ends of said tray, an endless apron passing over said last mentioned rollers and between the rollers 01' the wringer, and a tension roller engaging said apron beneath the wringer rollers, tending to maintain the tray upon the bar.

3. The combination with a laundry wringer embodying compression rollers, of a bar mounted,

' posite sides of the rollers, other rollers journaledupon the opposite ends of said tray, an endless apron passing over said last mentioned rollers and between the wringer rollers, a roller mounted beneath the wringer rollers and positioned to ex-, ert tensioning stress uponthe apron, and springs acting upon said last mentioned roller and providing said tensioning stress tending to hold the rollers journaledupon' the opposite ends of said f tray, tubes extending downwardly from the frame and provided in their proximate sides with slots, a roller having trunnions. extending through said slots and into the tubes, springs mountedwithin the tubes and exerting tensionlng stress upon the trunnions of said last mentioned roller, and

an endless apron passing between the compression rollers and about all of the other rollers.

CONRAD KLEIN. 

